During those days when you don't feel like cooking or doing shopping, you have to cook with what's in your fridge. And on those days you remember some recipes that once you read, saw or heard of. A week ago I sat to watch a few series of Refika Birgul, Turkish TV chef, new 10-minute meals show. Potatoes and chicken seemed to go well with some Turkish flavors and it can be cooked in 10 minutes. Well, Refika used preassure cooker, which I don't have. Still I managed to cook it in about 15-20 minutes together with salad. Could that be better?!

Turkish potato and chicken stew

What you need:

1 onion

1 garlic clove

200g chicken tenders

1 tsp red pepper paste

1 tbsp tomato paste

4 medium sized potatoes

salt and black pepper to taste

1 tsp dried thyme

1/2 tsp dried basil

olive oil

What you have to do:

In a processor add peeled onion and garlic. Chop it. Transfer it into a preheated saucepan with some olive oil. Cook onions and garlic for 2 minutes. Meanwhile add chicken, red pepper and tomato pastes to the processor and pulse until meat is chopped. Transfer the mixture to the saucepan. Fry for 3 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper, thyme and basil.

Peel potatoes and cut them in cubes. Add them to the saucepan, stir and add water just to cover the potatoes. Cook for 10-15 minutes until potatoes are cooked through.